Accession No

1948.1471 A


Description

Small cast copper alloy cruciform brooch. Rectangular central panel of headplate decorated with punchmarks; narrow rectangular wings; half round top and side knobs. High-arched bow with rectangular section areas at top and bottom. Foot decorated with broad transverse grooved lines; large flared terminal decorated with punchmarks. Pin bar lug and catchplate present on reverse.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Little Wilbraham; Streetway Hill


Period

Anglo Saxon


Source

Neville, Richard Cornwallis (Lord Braybrooke) [excavator]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1948.1471 A


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze


Local Term


Measurements

75mm


Events

Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card notes: 'Not possible to identify with description in list of graves'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Cruciform. Small in size. Rounded knobs. Panelled head. Very large crescentic foot. A hybrid between the small-long and the cruciform brooch
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (Field collection)
Grave 102. Excavated in 1851.
Event Date 1851
Author: Lily Stancliffe


Context (References)
Neville, Richard C. (1852). Saxon Obsequies: Illustrated by Ornaments and Weapons Discovered by the Hon. RC Neville, in a Cemetery near Little Wilbraham, Cambridgeshire, During the Autumn of 1851. J. Murray. (Not illustrated)
Event Date 1852
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Small cast copper alloy cruciform brooch. Rectangular central panel of headplate decorated with punchmarks; narrow rectangular wings; half round top and side knobs. High-arched bow with rectangular section areas at top and bottom. Foot decorated with broad transverse grooved lines; large flared terminal decorated with punchmarks. Pin bar lug and catchplate present on reverse.
Event Date 15/12/2020
Author: Lily Stancliffe


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